Brightwaters vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Brightwaters and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Brightwaters and Riverside are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverside has the higher population (3,538 vs 3,185 in Brightwaters). Brightwaters has the higher median household income ($203,750 vs $41,397 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+49.8% vs +3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Brightwaters	Riverside
Population	3,185	3,538
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$203,750	$41,397
Median home value	$710,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,986	$2,612
Housing units	1,033	1,056
Homeownership rate	96.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brightwaters	Riverside
Population	3,075 → 3,185 (+3.6%)	2,362 → 3,538 (+49.8%)
Median household income	$127,931 → $203,750 (+59.3%)	$42,986 → $41,397 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$515,800 → $710,600 (+37.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$2,542 → $1,986 (-21.9%)	$1,528 → $2,612 (+70.9%)

Brightwaters

Population

3,0753,185

Median household income

$127,931$203,750

Median home value

$515,800$710,600

Median gross rent

$2,542$1,986

Riverside

Population

2,3623,538

Median household income

$42,986$41,397

Median gross rent

$1,528$2,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brightwaters	Riverside
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	27.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.8%
75 and over	4.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brightwaters	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	50.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	18.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brightwaters	Riverside
No high school diploma	0.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	13.2%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brightwaters	Riverside
Drove alone	67.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.5%
Public transit	5.7%	3.5%
Walked	2.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	1.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brightwaters	Riverside
1-unit, detached	97.7%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Brightwaters	Riverside
Poverty rate	0.2%	26.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	40
Median year structure built	1945	1976